WCNY-TV (channel 24) is a PBS member television station in Syracuse, New York, United States. Owned by The Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York, Inc., it is sister to classical music radio station WCNY-FM (91.3). The two stations share studios at the WCNY Broadcast and Education Center on West Fayette Street in Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood and transmitter facilities in Pompey, New York.
WCNY is also seen on translator W22DO-D (channel 22), covering the Mohawk Valley (including Utica and Rome) from a transmitter on Smith Hill Road in Deerfield.
History
WCNY was established in March 1965 by the Onondaga County School Board Association under a charter by the New York State Education Department.[2] A non-profit organization, initially known as The Educational Television Council of Central New York, Inc.,[3] was set up to manage the station. The station was originally assigned the call letters WHTV, but switched to WCNY-TV on September 23, 1965, after the station now known as